King Lear

Alternative title: Tragedy of King Lear, The
Synopsis: Radio version of the play, co-produced by the Renaissance Theatre Company and BBC Radio 3. With John Gielgud in the title role. Incidental music by Patrick Doyle. Produced in celebration of John Gielgud’s the 90th birthday.
Series: Sunday Play
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio; Radio
Recording date: 17 Aug 1993
Transmission details: 10 Apr 1994 at 19:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 195 mins
Availability: Sale

Notes: The CD is currently unavailable commercially in Great Britain (6/2009).
History: The broadcast was repeated on November 20, 1994 in the same slot.
Textual information: The full Folio text. prepared by Russell Jackson, was used for this production
Documentation: Accompanying booklet.
Reviews: The radio performance is analysed in detail in Dermott Rattigan’s production analysis of four King Lear broadcasts in Theatre of Sound: Radio and the Dramatic Imagination (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2002), pp. 223 ff.

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John Gielgud	Lear
Emma Thompson	Cordelia
Richard Briers	Earl of Gloucester
Michael Williams	Fool
Iain Glen	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Bernard Cribbins	Messenger
Bob Hoskins	Oswald
Denis Quilley	Duke of Burgundy
Derek Jacobi	King of France
Eileen Atkins	Regan
Harry Towb	Servant of Cornwall
John Shrapnel	Duke of Albany
Judi Dench	Goneril
Kenneth Branagh	Edmund
Matthew Morgan	Gentleman
Maurice Denham	Old Man
Nicholas Boulton
Nickolas Grace	Gentleman
Peter Hall	Herald
Robert Stephens	Duke of Cornwall
Sam Dastor	Curan
Simon Russell Beale	Knight

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